evening

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the latter part of the day, the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall

   They enjoyed the light of the evening across the lake.

2. 2
   noun

   the early part of night (from dinner until bedtime) spent in a special way

   an evening at the opera

3. 3
   noun

   a later concluding time period

   it was the evening of the Roman Empire

4. 4
   noun

   The time of day between afternoon and night.

   Toward evening, there was heavy rain.

5. 5
   noun

   The time of the day between the approximate time of midwinter dusk and midnight (compare afternoon); the period after the end of regular office working hours.

   At half-past nine on this Saturday evening, the parlour of the Salutation Inn, High Holborn, contained most of its customary visitors.[…] In former days every tavern of repute kept such a room for its own select circle, a club, or society, of habitués, who met every evening, for a pipe and a cheerful glass.

6. 6
   noun

   A concluding time period; a point in time near the end of something; the beginning of the end of something.

   It was the evening of the Roman Empire.

7. 7
   noun

   A party or gathering held in the evening.

   A few Gorllewin Cymru/West Wales Branch members attended an evening at the Dragon Hotel, Swansea, titled Photographic Techniques in Industry.

8. 8
   verb

   present participle and gerund of even

Etymology

From Middle English evening, evenyng, from Old English ǣfnung, from ǣfnian < ǣfen (from Proto-West Germanic *ābanþ, from Proto-Germanic *ēbanþs), corresponding to even + -ing.